Contemporary Plein Air artist Frank M. Serrano was born in Los Angeles on November 29, 1967. He developed an early interest in art and nature, studying throughout his school days, but is largely self-taught. His natural talent eventually gained him a lucrative career as a freelance commercial artist. After his success in the commercial sector, in the early 1990s Serrano decided to pursue his passion for traditional oil painting and has since developed a strong following of admirers, both nationally and internationally.
Serrano, an avid outdoorsman, is recognized for his keen sense of atmospheric observation and ability to spontaneously interpret his personal connection with nature onto canvas. In 2003 he completed writing and illustrating the book, Plein Air Painting in Oil, published by the Walter Foster Company, which serves as a handbook to budding plein air artists and collectors of this genre of landscape painting. Starting from August 2006 Serrano serves as plein air painting consultant for Walt Disney Studios.
Serrano travels widely throughout North America painting scenes from the desert southwest to the beautiful high country vistas of the Canadian Rockies. A hallmark of Serrano’s work is his unique talent for capturing the hazy atmosphere characteristic of the west. Serrano credits early landscape artist Sam Hyde Harris as a major influence in his work. Although the majority of Serrano’s painting is done on location a la prima, he also works in his studio creating larger paintings from his outdoor sketches. He believes the only way to learn to paint is from life.
Frank M. Serrano is an Artist Member of the California Art Club and a former Chairman of the Gold Medal Juried Exhibition
Carson Peak; Sierra Nevada
By Frank Serrano
Located in Pasadena, CA
2024 Consigned to American Legacy Fine Arts, Pasadena, California; 2005 Private Collector Encino, California; 2005 Ota House, Marina Del Rey;...
Canvas, Oil
Plein Air Painter Frank Serrano Landscape Painting
By Frank Serrano
Located in Rockport, MA
This painting by Frank Serrano shows a peaceful Western scene with a wagon and a horse grazing in a golden field. The sky is filled with soft clouds, giving the painting a calm and o...
Oil
$5,500
H 15 in W 22 in D 1 in
"The Wild Rose Hip Bush 06.23.2020" contemporary oil painting - impressionism
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Oil Painting of a rose bush, on a bright sunny day. Crisp blues make up the sky above, the horizon meets distant land across a body of water. bright greens and yellows make up a verd...
Linen, Oil
$4,500
H 9 in W 12 in D 0.5 in
"Trumans Beach, East Marion 06.06.2022" contemporary impressionist seascape, oil
By Nelson H. White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Trumans Beach, East Marion 06.06.2022" is an almost-abstract palette knife landscape painting of a beach and beach shrubs. Off in the distance is a little white triangle of paint to emulate a sailboat...
Canvas, Oil, Panel
$765Sale Price|20% Off
H 13.39 in W 17.72 in D 0.2 in
Winter in the village. Oil on canvas and cardboard, 34x45 cm
By Alfejs Bromults
Located in Riga, LV
Winter in the village. oil on canvas and cardboard, 34x45 cm Winter landscape with old barn Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I) His first professional education was at National...
Oil, Cardboard, Canvas
$6,500
H 25 in W 31 in D 2 in
Horse at the Golden Hills, California , Impressionist California landscaper.
By Lynn Gertenbach
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Lynn Gertenbach's "Ride at Golden Hills" is a remarkable oil painting that captures a serene moment of a lady riding a horse under a tree, surrounded by lush grass and vibrant scener...
Oil
$3,850
H 30.25 in W 36.5 in D 1.25 in
Carl Lindin Waterways Swedish Coastal Seascape Oil Painting, 1920s–30s
By Carl Lindin
Located in Denver, CO
Waterways is a serene and luminous original oil painting by Swedish-American artist Carl Lindin (1869–1942), a founding member of the Woodstock Artists Association and an influential...
Oil
Gloucester
By Guy Carleton Wiggins
Located in Milford, NH
A fine impressionist harbor scene in Gloucester, Massachusetts by American artist Guy Carleton Wiggins (1883-1962). Wiggins was born in Brooklyn, New York, and had a long and success...
Oil, Board
$1,355Sale Price|50% Off
H 23.5 in W 29.25 in D 1 in
1938 American Impressionist Mountain Landscape, Sister Mary Norbert Vintage Art
Located in Denver, CO
A charming 1938 American Impressionist landscape painting by Sister Mary Norbert, depicting a tranquil mountain countryside scene with trees, rocky terrain...
Oil
$3,000
H 27.75 in W 33.75 in D 1.5 in
"Autumn Landscape" Colorful Pastoral Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
By Robert Waltsak
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful impressionist pastoral landscape in the Autumn season with beautiful color tones throughout. Waltsak has portrayed this piece in a most intimate, yet energetic way, and h...
Canvas, Oil
$2,500
H 10 in W 13 in
"Boat on Beach" Hayley Lever, Modernist, Quick Brushwork, Boat in Marina
By Hayley Lever
Located in New York, NY
Hayley Lever Boat on Beach, 1952 Oil on canvasboard 5 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches Provenance The artist Davis Galleries, New York (#DG 188) Private Collection, Ne...
Canvas, Oil
$3,450
H 24 in W 28.25 in
Robert Alexander Graham Vintage Western Landscape, Golden Colorado Oil Painting
By Robert Alexander Graham
Located in Denver, CO
Experience the breathtaking beauty of Golden, Colorado, through this exquisite vintage oil painting on canvas by acclaimed American artist Robert Alexander Graham (1873–1946). Create...
Oil
$925
H 24 in W 34 in D 0.5 in
Desert Landscape Oil Painting, American Impressionist, Circa 1910s
Located in Arp, TX
Attrib. Ralph Davidson Miller 1858-1945 "Desert landscape" c. 1910s. Oil on canvas 34"x24" unframed Unsigned Presenting an extraordinary artwork attributed to the renowned artist R...
Oil, Canvas
$2,000
H 20 in W 16 in
"New England Spirit" Dennis Sheehan, Cloudy Day, Atmospheric Dark Impressionism
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in New York, NY
Dennis Sheehan New England Spirit, circa 2025 Signed lower left Oil on canvas 16 x 20 inches Dennis Sheehan was born in Boston in 1950. His work is based upon the Barbizon School w...
Canvas, Oil
Coastal Rocks; Laguna Beach, California
By Frank Serrano
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Description: Created en plein air in Laguna Beach January 6, 2005, American Legacy Fine Arts (ALFA) acquired the paintin...
Linen, Oil, Panel